Polymorphisms of DNA repair genes and sun exposure as predisposing factors for age related cataract

Comparative Clinical Pathology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1323-1331

  Ahmed, Asmaa Ismail ^a   Saif, Mohammed Yasser Sayed ^b   Zayed, Abeer Ahmed ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b BENI SUEF UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cataract; Ultraviolet rays; XPD 751; XRCC 399

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870618719     PISSN: 16185641     EISSN: 1618565X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00580-011-1290-8     Document Type: Article

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